Children's Bedrooms

One of my favorite things to do is paint. I am not an artist in the traditional sense (you know, canvas, drawings, etc.) but I love to paint none-the-less. I love to paint furniture, (which is obvious, of course) I love to paint small projects, and large projects too. When we moved into this house, it was already painted and decorated in such appealing colors. But the back bedroom did not fit with our specific style. We were going to paint with Lilly, but decided to wait. We painted the room a light creamy blue when I was pregnant with Ryker, and than painted it a green after he passed away (which was way more gender neutral.) I love Collin's room. I will have to post pictures sometime of his cute room, maybe once I clean it up so that I look like somewhat of a decent mother! But I love the design of these kids' rooms/playrooms:

I love the look of clean, white areas, and I especially love the D-R-E-A-M banner.

This one is b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l!!! I would love to find this headboard.

I love painted white wood floors. I especially love the painted polka dots. Too cute!

And if I had another girl, I would DEFINITELY have a room like this for her. Well at least something close to this! Well, at least the painted floor!

This little boys room is just to cute, and has a lot of personality!
What little boy would not love this canopy???

This nursery is probably the most exquisite thing I have ever seen.
A little too Posh-Tots, but some of the features are just so sweet!

If I had a playroom with a loft, I would definitely go with this basic color scheme.
It reminds me of a cute crayon box!!!

And I wish I had had this reading nook growing up, (or maybe even now.)

And I would love to find this gorgeous canopy.

And what brother or sister would not mind sharing a bedroom when it looks like this???
I love the book shelves above the bed!!!

So most of these darling rooms come from Pottery Barn Kids.
Pottery Barn Kidsis expensive (I have champagne tastes on
a Kool-aid budget!) butthe pages do give inspiration
to design the room with look-a-likes.

*You can purchase Benjamin Moore paints,which is the brand Pottery Barn uses. But, I am cheap, so I cheat and either match another paint to the colors, or, you can take a color to Home-Depot or Lowe's and they can color match. I came up with the blue for my furniture from a pitcher of my Mom's!!!*

Another source for items that are cute and affordable is not to far from where I live. I love the look of this Pottery Barn Bed. But......

.....when it comes in at $499 for the full size (and $399 for the twin) that just happens to be a price way to high for me. But, at Ikea, they have this darling number for $89.99, for a full size bed!!!
And this cute bed below is also from Ikea. It is a toddler bed
that extends to about a twin, and runs for $149.

Now this cute canopy would make any little girl's room look just darling! But the $99 price is a bit steep. So I found another canopy, equally cute, but for a much better price.

Now it may seem not very impressive, but it truly is darling, and at only $19.99, I can handle that!!!


I like this look from Pottery Barn, but it comes in at about $150.
And I actually love the look below (and the price!!!)

I would love this cute little table and chairs (although the table would probably be painted a blue)
AND, they just happen to be from Ikea= way cheaper!!!


I think they would look soo cute in the corner of Collin's bedroom.

Now, if you are still reading this, it would be a miracle (I am long-winded in real life too!)I am going to try and get started on this project for the DIY project of the week:

Just ignore the dust, please-oh-please!!!

It is not ugly any any means, but it just does not blend with the look that I am striving for.I think I am going to go for this look, but it is still debatable!

(I am referring to the cute yellow of the dresser in the corner!!!

And tomorrow.......
Little Forever Family turns 2!!!!!
And look forward to a post about the pretty funny and crazy Girl's Trip to Las Vegas, although really, doesn't what happen in Las Vegas stay in Vegas??? Just askin'.